Daily Republican., 1887-11-03
DEATH OF GENERAL. 4"
Favorite Ola Fro Dog Found De
on tue sidewalk.

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A Favcrite Ola Fro Dog Found Dead
on tue sidewalk.
!, herr'sbu-g Patriot.
No truer, bravsr ard more widely.
knorn Ere dog than the "G6lersi"-I
the iayoTiia OF tho Fiieud1hip Fire
Company, No. l. Of this cit, -es Ell en-
'Joyed the Tree d I'm OF q pre- speious city
and the nniver.al respect OF Its inhabi
tsnts. Tbs 'G,neral' Was kuoxn to
|every man. woman and child In H.rri,.
burg. and 10 all tie h:emen whoever
'isited here Oh important cccasiope,
and, therefore, sGort history OF the
famous TIRE Coz who wss four d dead OF
/! 80 a. In yesterday. on the papeu1s sni
Of the Mckee resideI OF, Dew berry ave.
nne and Market street, will hot be out
OF p ace.
Tbe dog has been fixture" Of the
| Friend hip piru Company, Nc. ], since
October, ls7i Wbtn he wss puppy
about two mcn,ts old, be wss carried
froh BauSmsn's Red l. on hotel, South
and Cow den sijeois, to the FIispdship
len.i inc house. BsiLz a Cross betx se D
tie fcx-icuud AID msst.f, lie SOC n be.
came . strong and cunning dog. and
before he WAS year old he could
''tAchle" and souLd,y thrAtb any dog
OF his osn weight AID ags iu the
county. Ia fact, when the Gsners"
\ vent into y scrimmage" he slways
got out Of II, mons the worse fer rough
usage, DO matter wba. the odds against
aim Wer,-.or the boys were always
''aronLd" to taxa . hand.
The General" was not only known
In this spd peishboriLg cities, but fol-
lowell the Friendship boys In their
srrnal trips To Win inehn, Del !;
Al'entoUr, Reading, Lsncsstor. Al.
toopa. Pottsvhle, Hsf Cham
oeIsburg and other places. When at
Wilmington, Dsi be was presented
With hts hrss handsome colisr, L. ~as
engraved: Presented to General. of
the FrieL dship Fire Ce Cempsny, OF H,--
tisou,g, Pa by Jane, & Brother, MI.
minst0n, Del"
His old DOLLAR bea,s The rtgistry tag
"No. 228-is83," and '1S5-1S84 Tais
faithful dog never missed . FIRE. Hie
ijoyoUs bark wns heard IS soon Rs the
osii IN the tower gave tho arm, and
ouly last Saturday night he wAs with
tbs boys He had been on the decline
Tor tho last year or eighteen months,
aud au Injury received about two
mouths ago, bJ q carriage running over
him, has.ened his death. La evening q
he lay in neat casket made to ft his
form, with his faithful legs folded under
him AMI bis face resting beta cen his
lpaws, as II IN repose After nights run
to . Gre, The box Was draped with
bunting, crnameIted with bows and
lros0ttes.
The "Geperai bad his handsome
Ipatent leather collar on. The boys
buried him st . O'Clock with many re-
Qrets, in the cellar Of the engine koust
1--we feet under the earth A neal
rough-bcx receivei the czsket Hun
dreds Of she "7snt rails" friends called
to see hts inanimate form yesterday
, aud last evening before he Was baried
the strong, brave courageous hfemen
!. " no kne " him could hardly suppreti
tears when The faithful cid dog wsI
buried. They tolled the hose carrisg,
bell when the General was beinI
] carried from the engine house to tn
| basement. The following telegram wa
. received by Dave Parlette. the driver o
4 tha team:
"D.vy-Do not cover the "Generai'
, IMP dntll this evening, as no doub. o.
!, the boys would liks 10 ste him."